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Strategies Used by University Students with Dyslexia: A Narrative Review
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Ruthie E. Knight; Michaela J. Ritter; Diane F. Loeb – Communication Disorders Quarterly, 2025
The purpose of this narrative review was to examine the linguistic and classroom strategies used by young adults with dyslexia. Studies investigating evidence about university students' use of strategies were compiled from four databases, including Academic Search Complete, APA PyscINFO, Education Research Complete, and Medline. Among the 117…
Descriptors: Dyslexia, Students with Disabilities, College Students, Learning Strategies
Organization Strategies in EFL Expository Essays in a Content-Based Language Learning Course
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Chang, Peichin; Tsai, Chin-Chung; Chen, Pin-ju – Asia-Pacific Education Researcher, 2020
Attaining coherence in writing remains a huge challenge for English as Foreign Language (EFL) learners. This study investigated how EFL college students structured their expository essays and attained coherence in a content-based language learning course by comparing the effects of the cognitive and linguistic approaches. Three classes…
Descriptors: College Students, English Language Learners, Expository Writing, Essays
Educating for a Just Society. The Forty-First Yearbook: A Double Blind Peer-Reviewed Publication of the Association of Literacy Educators and Researchers
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Babino, Alexandra, Ed.; Cossa, Nedra, Ed.; Araujo, Juan J., Ed.; Johnson, Robin D., Ed. – Association of Literacy Educators and Researchers, 2019
The theme for the 62nd annual conference of the Association of Literacy Educators and Researchers was Educating for a Just Society. Connie Briggs, previous Program Chair, reminded us that, "Education has always been the foundation of a democratic nation. It is important that our students understand the principles upon which our nation was…
Descriptors: Literacy Education, Social Justice, Arabs, Culture
Learning Disabled and Nondisabled College Students' Use of Structure in Recall of Stories and Text.
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Bacon, Ellen H.; Carpenter, Dale – Learning Disability Quarterly, 1989
The study found that college students with learning disabilities (LD) were as able as nondisabled students to use story grammar and comparison text structure to aid recall of social studies text passages. However, LD students scored significantly lower on use of causation text structure. Results suggest that use of comparison structures precede…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, College Students, Higher Education, Learning Disabilities
Comprehension of Counterintuitive Science Text: Effects of Prior Knowledge and Text Structure.
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Alvermann, Donna E.; Hague, Sally A. – Journal of Educational Research, 1989
Results of a study involving 55 developmental studies college students indicate that regardless of reading competency levels, prior knowledge activation plus advance warning of possible inconsistencies in the text apparently facilitate students' comprehension of counterintuitive science text better than activation alone. (IAH)
Descriptors: College Students, Developmental Studies Programs, Higher Education, Learning Strategies
Self-Regulated Learning Procedure for University Students: The "Meaningful Text-Reading" Strategy
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Roman Sanchez, Jose Maria – Electronic Journal of Research in Educational Psychology, 2004
Introduction: Experimental validation of a self-regulated learning procedure for university students, i.e. the "meaningful text-reading" strategy, is reported in this paper. The strategy's theoretical framework is the "ACRA Model" of learning strategies. The strategy consists of a flexible, recurring sequence of five mental operations of written…
Descriptors: Experimental Groups, Control Groups, Learning Strategies, Information Processing